Every will or authenticated copy of a will, when admitted to probate under the provisions of this article, shall be recorded by the clerk of the county court, and indexed by him in a general index of wills, and every such will or copy when recorded shall remain in his office except when removed therefrom by the order of a court, or under a subpoena duces tecum, or otherwise as provided by law.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 5. Production, Probate and Record of Wills
§41-5-2. Clerk to Notify Executor and Beneficiaries, and to Keep Will Safe in His Office
§41-5-3. Compelling Production of Will and Offer of Probate
§41-5-5. Procedure for Probate in Solemn Form
§41-5-7. Appeal From Probate Order -- When to Be Taken; Procedure
§41-5-9. Order as Bar to Suit in Equity
§41-5-10. Ex Parte Procedure to Probate; Appeal
§41-5-12. Impeachment or Establishment in Court -- by Person Under Disability or Nonresident
§41-5-13. Ancillary Administration; Probate or Recordation of Foreign Will
§41-5-14. When Depositions Admissible
§41-5-15. Proof of Will While Testator Living
§41-5-16. Statements of Particulars in Will Contests
§41-5-17. Probated Wills to Be Recorded and Indexed
§41-5-18. Recording in Other Counties; Duty of Personal Representative or Devisee
§41-5-19. Title of Bona Fide Purchasers of Real Estate From Heirs
§41-5-20. Title to Real Estate Devised by Wills; Rights of Devisees and Bona Fide Purchasers